The New York Times reported Sunday that Zenop Tuncer, who owns Euro Tech Motors in Edgewater, bought the car off Ebay for one of his customers and discovered the historical connection when he called Mercedes-Benz to inquire about parts.

The car — a 1942 Mercedes 320 Cabriolet D — was part of a special fleet built for the Nazis, though some experts quoted in the story dispute the claim that it was the personal vehicle of the infamous dictator.

The car's new owner, a New Jersey real estate developer Fred Daibes, told the NYT that he didn't think the car belonged to Hitler himself.

"I only see it as a car that there are only so many of in the world," he said.